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Over the next few posts, I would like to check in on some of our past Mental Health Heros in a “Where Are They Now?” series. When I first started out blogging in 2008, Barry Erdman was one of a handful of online therapists that...

The DBSA pre Conference starts out with a bang Friday. With an estimated 150 or more chapter leaders at the Hilton Miami Downtown hotel. Allen Doederlein and Lucinda Jewell started off the day with reviewing the success of the DBSA has made over the...

What a fast pace month May was, with the cartoon-a-thon for Mental Health Heroes and this month the 2013 DBSA conference where I've been asked to draw more And I've been invited to a very special event, too. More about that later. Right now, I'm getting ready for the DBSA Comedy night. It will be my 3rd time doing the Stand-Up for Mental Health show and this year I'm testing out new materiel. ...

Shana Koehler 2013 Mental Health Hero Cartoon-A-Thon
Drawing by Chato Stewart
About love to read!! I also love to color. I find coloring helps me with anxiety. Reading usually takes me away from the world once I can concentrate enough on a book to get lost in it. (ADD & mind racing)
A few years ago, after my finished basement flooded a few times, I hired a friend...

Desiree Cart Dugas 2013 Mental Health Hero Cartoon-A-Thon
Drawing by Chato Stewart
I've been through a lot and I'm still here to write about it. Can you imagine being diagnosed and treated for Thyroid Cancer during Hurricane Katrina? And to be Bi Polar on top...

Caroline "Carol" Bond 2013 Mental Health Hero Cartoon-A-Thon
Drawing by Chato Stewart
I'm Carol Bond and I wrote this poem in 2006 and it still rings very true. Depression has shaped me in many ways, for good and bad. I am the current president of High Country NAMI (Boone, NC) and want to use my experiences to be a better person and help others. There is a song whose lyrics are:...

Gina Jones 2013 Mental Health Hero Cartoon-A-Thon
Drawing by Chato Stewart
Gina Jones, has been working tirelessly for years to help individuals in all situations to get well and healthy. But not just that,, she offers her home and heart to all who need a moment of comfort. Surviving Breast Cancer in 2004, Working with NAMI for years, Providing a "Warm Line" for locals who need to talk. Gina has been...

Chris Dean 2013 Mental Health Hero Cartoon-A-Thon
Drawing by Chato Stewart
My name is Chris Dean. I’m married to an awesome guy who swears he doesn’t mind putting up with me. We have four adult-kids who are surprisingly functional, considering they grew up with me as their Mom.

We all live in the Hoosier State surrounded by the petting zoo I have systematically managed to turn our home...

Victoria Maxwell (BFA/BPP*) has become as known as North America’s very own Bipolar Princess and is a sought after speaker, performer and educator on the ‘lived’ experience of mental illness, recovery, return to work and dismantling stigma.
She lives with bipolar disorder, anxiety and psychosis and has for more than 12 years, been presenting keynote performances and workshops at...

is the voice of the mental health community and psychology online for the past 18 years. Psych Central was named one of the 50 Best Websites for 2008 by TIME, and has been indexed within Forbes Magazine’s Best of the Web directory. Psych Central has been...

Unfortunately, in our society, many people with mental illness struggle doubly. They not only have the challenges of a mental illness, but also the stigma that comes from others and even themselves. So many people beat themselves up about where they are, and where they “should” be. Many people feel isolated and alone. And they...

About taking the first steps to going to a support group Michael Kuhl, DSBA Louisville President "The hardest showing up the first time."
Michael Kuhl is also on the board of directors and in office as secretary at the national level of READ MORE